{"id":1352,"date":"2019-06-18T16:59:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T22:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2019-06-18T16:59:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T22:59:14","slug":"the-staircase-of-fire-shakertown-adventure-3-by-ben-woodard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=1352","title":{"rendered":"The Staircase of Fire (Shakertown Adventure #3) by Ben Woodard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Intense and evocative\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Deeply engrossing and poignant, Woodard\u2019s third in Shakertown Adventure series is designed to take the reader on a though-provoking journey through a time in a small southern town in America when personal dreams and misfortunes were determined by the color of a person\u2019s skin. Set in the 1920s America, Woodard blends fiction and history to fashion a marvelous coming-of-age story. Struggling with his inner demons, fourteen-year-old Tom Wallace hates everything about his life in Kentucky, a quiet southern town, but a brutal racial killing makes things utterly unbearable for him. Getting his hands on a lost gold treasure hidden somewhere in the town becomes more than a necessity after he finds himself completely alienated from others. But the escape doesn\u2019t bring him much desired peace. After leaving everything behind, Tom realizes that he is unable to evade his inner demons. To make peace with his own conscience, Tom must make a difficult decision. Woodard\u2019s narrative buzzes with authoritative confidence and an inviting tone as he brilliantly mingles the mundane with the thought-provoking. There are a multitude of characters that Woodard expertly weaves into his rich coming-of-age story, but his major focus stays on Tom\u2019s slow coming to grips with his inner demons and easy acceptance of his past mistakes. Woodard\u2019s storytelling is strong, and his prose is lively. Tom\u2019s tender personal moments are as effective as the tale\u2019s nitty-gritty of a small-town everyday life. Aficionados of literary fiction may approach Woodard\u2019s work without hesitation. A stunning literary tale!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Staircase of Fire <\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

(Shakertown Adventure #3) <\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

by Ben Woodard<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Buy now<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

Miller-Martin Press<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

ISBN 9780997344899<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

PRICE $11.99 (USD)<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

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  Intense and evocative\u2026 Deeply engrossing and poignant, Woodard\u2019s third in Shakertown Adventure series is designed to take the reader on a though-provoking journey through a time in a small southern town in America when personal dreams and misfortunes were determined by the color of a person\u2019s skin. Set in the 1920s America, Woodard blends fiction and history to fashion a marvelous coming-of-age story. Struggling with his inner demons, fourteen-year-old Tom Wallace hates everything about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[91,460,29620145,11394632,3328,178,1747,1320398,92732,856121,309],"class_list":["post-1352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-blogging","tag-blogs","tag-book-review-magazine","tag-book-review-site","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-fiction","tag-fiction-book-reviews","tag-historical-fiction","tag-review-website","tag-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-lO","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1354,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions\/1354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}